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Calling my fellow fearful
‘Hey, Mum, did I tell you how I got stranded in a Hungarian village in the middle of nowhere with a Russian nightclub dancer?’ So began my latest phone…
May 28
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Travelling lighter through life
My new favourite pastime is something called Swedish Death Cleaning (not to be confused with Swedish Death Metal, which I’ve never listened to but…
May 21
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Turning rock bottom into rocket fuel
Two years ago, I moved to a town I have grown to hate. It was the middle of the pandemic and I’d spent months locked down in my flat in the formerly…
May 14
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April 2023
Mavericks making our own rules
‘I’m sorry if this lands,’ the man (let’s call him Dick Head) said, leaning across the pub table towards me, ‘but the reason so many young men have…
Apr 30
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The unexpected gift of facing your own death
Yesterday, the plane I was travelling on was struck by lightning (now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d find myself writing!) I was on my way back…
Apr 9
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March 2023
Beware the bubble bursters
Have you ever shared some good news with someone only for them to promptly and deliberately burst your bubble? I ask because this happened to me when I…
Mar 19
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All the best things are scary at first
I was on a first date with the man who would become my (wonderful) partner for seven years and to this day remains one of my very best friends. We had…
Mar 12
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Are you killing your imagination?
The first weekend I was here in Eureka Springs I visited one of the many art galleries in town and instantly fell in love with a picture by a local…
Mar 5
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February 2023
Say YES to serendipity
I love the word serendipity, not just for how it sounds to me (like the pitter patter of raindrops on a pond) but for the meaning: "The occurrence of…
Feb 26
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Basic beast laptops and crappy football boots
When he was younger my son was a really talented footballer. From the age of seven he played for a local team at the weekends and his school team during…
Feb 19
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The Power of F*** You
Have you ever been so hurt by something someone’s done or said to you that you feel physically winded? Have you ever then experienced the pivotal moment…
Feb 12
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The Dog Biscuit and Cigar Guide to Happiness
Firstly, can I just say a MASSIVE well done for getting through all 575 days of January - or am I the only one who felt like January lasted forever this…
Feb 5
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